We review our branch network regularly to make sure the services we provide are appropriate for each local community, based on our customers' usage and other ways to bank in the local area.

HSBC said:

We continually review our branch network to make sure our branches are in the right locations for our customers and we have a sustainable network for the future. Over the past five years, we have seen an overall reduction of footfall at our branches of more than 40 per cent, and sometimes we have to make the difficult decision to close branches.

Rules brought in last year mean that the country's biggest banks must assess the impact of a branches closure on the local community before making a decision to shutter it in an attempt to stem a tide of closures over the last few decades.

Each of the banks have said they remain committed to their branch networks and have no plans to pull out of the high street altogether.

Bank branch numbers acorss the UK continue to slide however, with data last year from consultancy McKinsey finding as many as 2,400 bank branches could close over the next five years.